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Scott Montgomery worries that America's crumbling energy infrastructure is a sign of its waning global status.
I have been standing on a sidewalk, studying a telephone…
Branko Milanovic explores the implications of citizenships' gradual transformation into a commodity.
The modern idea of citizenship, after the French Revolution, is based on…
Branko Milanovic explores Yuen Yuen Ang's new book that argues (some) corruption has played an important role in China's rapid growth.
Yuen Yuen Ang, political…
Brian Stoddart remembers Sir Everton Weekes as a major figure in the struggle for racial equality in sport, as well as one of the great cricketers.
With the passing of Sir Everton…
President Trump’s fight for a second term may spill over into US policy in the Middle East between now and 3 November.
Donald Trump is suffering a significant slump in his…
In the wake of COVID-19 Scott L. Montgomery sketches the outlines of the world's plastic problem, providing some of its key details, and also some of the major challenges…
Germany is emerging from the first phase of the pandemic with some scars, but broadly in good shape. That only makes the country’s upcoming six-month EU presidency more crucial:…
Many years ago, social scientist Bertram Gross saw “friendly fascism” — an insidious authoritarianism that denies democratic rights for corporate ends without the overt appearance…
Branko Milanovic on the limits of our ability to predict the post-pandemic future.
In one of his poems, Constantine Cavafy distinguished, in the art of foretelling…
Branko Milanovic on the search for useful historical data.
When I wrote “The haves and the have-nots” which is a book of inequality vignettes linked with three essays (…